† porˈphyrian, a.1 Obs.
[f. med.L. porphyri-us (see porphyry) + -an.]
Of, or composed of, porphyry.
| 1638 Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 62 Foure hundred porphirian pillars. 1687 A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 124 Many lovely Pillars of Porphyrian Marble. |